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Laurents ultimately regretted recommending Pollack.

The director demanded the role of Hubbell be made equal to that of Katie, and throughout filming, for unexplained reasons, he kept Laurents away from Redford.

What was intended to be the final draft of the screenplay was written by Laurents and Pollack at Stark's condominium in Sun Valley, Idaho, and Laurents, dismayed to discover very little of his work remained when it was completed, left the project.

Over time eleven writers, including Dalton Trumbo, Alvin Sargent, Paddy Chayefsky, and Herb Gardner, contributed to the script.

The end result was a garbled story filled with holes that neither Streisand nor Redford liked.

Laurents was asked to return and did so only after demanding and receiving an exorbitant amount of money.